Pomeroy Chamber Discusses Ways to Improve Itself
Pomeroy Meigs County leaders at a Chamber meeting debated how the town can better attract farm families. Governor Lausche invited to speak at the Pomroy Mason Bridge Freeing ceremony with a tentative Oct 1 1946 date. Bridges, funding, and future repairs were discussed alongside a widening of Main Street and new recreation plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis H. Klein
Pomeroy
Chamber of Commerce
Meigs County
C. E. Biakesle
Federated Church
Ralph Kuether
W. A. Smith
Frank J. Lausche
Pomroy-Mason
Perry T. Ford
Division of Highways
Ray Palmer
State Bridge Commission
Pomeroy-Mason
G. H. Ewing
Pomeroy Chamber
Ohio Valley Improvement Ass'n
Cincinnati
Smith
C. A. Whipple
Main St Co
E. Blakeslee
Hirami
Rt. 124
Vernon Nease
L. S. Powelson
Carpenter
Herbert E
Pete) Shields
AAA
Farm Council Meets At Pullins Home
Farm Council 3 B met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Pullins Sr Thursday evening. After a brief business session led by president Charles Radford Sr the discussion focused on The Loan to Great Britain. Refreshments were served to families and guests including Delbert Gaul J M Gaul Ward Winden Bud Morgan and Whitney Ingraham among others. Next meeting set for April 25 at the home of Mr and Mrs J M Gaul Sumner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy — Farm Council
Raymond Pullins
Charles Radford
Rollin Beards
Whitney Ingraham
Great Britain
Delbert Gaul
J. M. Gaul
Racine High To Give Operetta The Toreadors
Racine High School will stage The Toreadors operetta on Thursday April 11 at 3 15 p m under Mrs Maurita Muller music supervisor Cast includes William Hayman Emma Jane Jiiden Sheila Shain Dennis Manuel Jack Sharpnack and others Dancers listed and choir members named Accompanist Lillian Simpson Also notes community discussion on rural marketing and farm infrastructure with a survey of 125 contacted residents and results highlighting Pomeroy Athens and Nelsonville as markets and restrooms parking traffic and cooperation needs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Racine High School
Maurita Muller
Willam Hayman
Emma Jane Jiiden
Sheila Shain
Dennis Manuel
Jack Sharpnack
Donald Powell
Howard Robinson
Freda Proffitt
Sara Simpson
Jane Wolfe
Audrey Hayman
Faye Fisher
Oma Louise McDade
Grace Gain
Warner
Bill Shelton
Howard Ervin
James Russell
George
Sayre
Joe Stobart
Kelly Sayre
Lillian Simpson
Union Ave
Carpenter
Pomeroy
Shields
Bettter
Meigs County
Blakeslee
Athens
Nelsonville
Middleport social notes recount weddings and visits
Complimenting two brides, Jeanne Anne Young Bradbury and Kathryn Lois Smith Thompson, a miscellanous shower honored in North Fourth Ave home. Ida Jayne Summers wed John Robinson at Asbury Methodist Church Charleston with reception. P M Club met at Charles Murray home with spring corsages and games. Visitors include Pie John Dillard and Mrs Jobb in town. numerous locals and family members are listed with recent travel, employment changes, and illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Charles Asa Bradbury
Jeanne Anne Young
J. W. Thompson
Kathryn Lois Smith
Charleston
Patricia Sherman
N. Fourth Ave
Walnut St
Bradbury
Thompson
J. A. Young
Mary Jane Young
Robert Hysell
Marjorie Michel
Mary Rose’ Seines
Janet Dillard
Barbara Meinhart
Norman Jean French
Martha Howell
Marie Wise
Mildred Ann Wise
Marjorie Diles
Florence Clark
Lawrence Bing
Ida Jayne Summers
Walter Summers
John Rob ‘Inson
Asbury Methodist Church
Jack Shadle
John Dillard
Second Ave
Inlaw
Germany
Dillard
Mason City
James Jobb
Great Lakes
Jobb
Ono University
Missionary A D Helser To Speak At Mt Moriah Church
Middleport Hocking District Providence Baptist Women's Missionary Convention holds an all day meeting at Mt Moriah Baptist Church Middleport on April 14 with guest speaker Missionary A D Helser on furlough He and his wife spent 23 years in Nigeria West Africa He will speak at morning and afternoon sessions and invites all interested in mission work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Hocking
Providence Baptist Women's Missionary Convention
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church
A. D. Helser
Apple Blossom Queen Named From Virginia Contest
Apple Queen candidate Nancy Anderson has brown eyes and hair and will reign at the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester on May 2 and 3. She is the daughter of the Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs Clinton P. Anderson, living in Albuquerque and Washington, D. C., and studying at Mount Vernon Seminary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Anderson
Virginia
Shenandoah
Winchester
Clinton P. Anderson
Albuquerque
N. M
Washington
Mount Vernon Seminary
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Gatherings
Social notes recount a reception for Mary Williamson Black and Lt. Cmdr. Hugh A. Black at the Williamson home with fifty guests. The item lists out-of-town attendees, including Mrs. Charles Boster and Mrs. Harold Notter, and notes the couple married April 2 in Rockville Maryland. The column also covers church class meeting news, birthdays, charity acts, a visit by Miss Jennie Sue Rousey, a former resident’s concert plans, a discharged soldier returning home, and local travels to Mt Healthy Ohio for a family visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
R. O. Fowler
Division of Aid For
Waverly
George Reynolds
Cuyahoga Falls
Craig Reynolds
Florence Rowe
Robinson's
Yeoman
William Hubbard
Great Lakes
Harold Hubbard
William Gosney
Holzer Hospital
Rawlings- Coats
Donald Gosney
U. S. Navy
Sheldon Parks
Parks
Evans
St. Albans
Mary ’Miller
Telephone Company
Columbus
Cpl
Jack Miller
New York
Doyle Miller
R. V. Snyder
Family of
Oak
Hill
Howard Byers
Zanesville
Harry Russell
Paige Gordon
Athens
Edith Russell
Charleston
William Autherson
McMillan Hospital
Autherson
Rowena
Eunice Poole
Linda
Bucyrus
Riva Crans
Willis Grueser
Richard Chambers
Dayton
Robert Hill
Willis Aleshire
James Douglas
Leon Douglas
Belle, W. Va
George McGhee
Douglas
India
Commander Black
Clarence Boster
Black
Joyce Williamson
Jane Ann Notter
Gallipolis
Boster
Dorothy O Suckler
Charles Boster
Harold Notter
Georggen Powell
Parkersburg
Phil Williamson
Hugh A. Black
Mary Williamson
Jennie Sue Rousey
Ohio University
Pomeroy
Miss Rousey
Woman's Music Club
Ripley
W. Va
Don Millikan
John Talbott
Ripley Club
Virgil V. Brown Honorably Discharged From Army
Sergeant Virgil V. Brown husband of Nellie M. Brown of Pom eroy was honorably discharged after 18 months service entering in 1944. He served with Army Service Forces at Fort Ord and earned the Army Commendation Award American Theatre and Good Conduct and Victory ribbons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Tech
Virgil V. Brown
Nellie M. Brown
Locust St
Army
Brown
Army Service Forces
AGF
Fort Ord
Calif
Betty Maag
Columbus
Bustin School of Beauty Culture
Theodore Maag
Minersville
Seventeen Marriage Licenses Issued in Meigs County
Meigs County Probate Court issued seventeen marriage licenses including Emory Shand and Mabel Means of Pomeroy, James C. Fields and Dorothy Gibbs of Pom roy, and many others from Langsville, Middleport, and surrounding towns. Elmer Napper and Florence Wilden, both of Rutland Racine, were married March 16 by Rev. F. O. Koster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Emory Shand
Huntington
Mabel Means
James C. Fields
Hartford
Dorothy Gibbs
Pomroy
Charles
Keller
Columbus
Zetty Ording
Don Skinner
Akron
Ruby Roberts
Dale Lyons
Lettie Waters
Langsville
Dale Fields
Gallipolis
Even Burton
Middleport
Kenneth Garren
Alma Kay
Drew Gay
Wanda Mayes
Oda Bennett
Mount Altom
W. Va
Hazel Flowers
Roy Fry
Lavona Pratt
Glenn Hall
Kari Dudding
Leona Satori
Elmer Napper
Rutland
Florence Wilden
Racine
F. O. Koster
Syracuse
Photographic Astronomy Reveals Cosmic Discoveries
Modern astronomical discovery relies on photography with photographic plates showing a glass surface speckled by stars and planets. Some new findings come from plates taken years earlier, illustrating long-term value of archival imaging.
Funeral Rites Held Today for Frank Meier
Funeral services for Frank Meier, who died Sunday night at the Mason Clinic, were held today. Surviving are daughters Marguerita Meier, and Mrs Lester Fauber of Pomeroy, and others in Columbus. brothers Phillip and Jacob Meier. sister Mrs Anna McBride. and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Meier
Mason Clinic
Meier
Marguerita Meier
Lester Fauber
Pomeroy
Leland People
William Griffith
Cecil Spencer
Richard Brattin
Columbus
Phillip Meier
Pomery
Jacob Meier
Cleve
Ohio
Anna McBride
Funeral services set for James Quiles in Syracuse
Funeral services for James Quiles age 85, who died at home, will be held Monday at Letart Cemetery. The body will lie at the home of Ernest Quipen until time. Survived by sons Ernest and Claude of Syracuse and Buddy of Bellaire, two daughters Mrs Johan Yeuell of Montgomery West Virginia and Mr George Arménicout of Poca West Virginia, and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
James Quiles
Ernest Quillen
Syracuse
Letart
Exnegt Quipen
Adervices
Wes
Alse Barge
Ernest
Claude
Syracue
Barty
Bellairey
Johan Yeuell
Montgomery
W. Va
Géorge . Arménicout
Poca
We Va
Divorce Granted After Pending Four Years
Meigs County Common Pleas Court granted several divorce petitions. Bertha Toban sued Guy Tobin for extreme cruelty and gross neglect. Helen Jenkinson sued Donald Jenkinson for cruelty and neglect. Gracie Hines’s divorce from Omer Hines, pending since 1942, was granted. Bertha Smith sued Fred Smith for gross neglect and extreme cruelty. they have two minor children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Smith
Fred_ Smith
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Chamber of
Watt
Clines Pharmacy
Starks Pharmacy
Bails Pharmacy
Nelgonville
Aly
Proctor’s
Point Pleasant
Main St. Pt, Pleasant
Farm Council
Pullins Home
Middleport Social Notes
P.M. Club
lMurray
Murray
Walter Crooks
William Hobstetter
Francis Anderson
Edith Young
Charles Gross
Marjorie Stevens
Rey Ac A
LSS Meigs
Humphrey Bogart
Ann Sheridan
Desirey Lynn Zasu Pitts
Una O'Connor
Jessie Bussey
Claudette Colbvert Warren William
Pomeroy Social Notes
Happy Harvesters
Elizabeth Huber
Marie Dailey
Ella Smith
Emma Reibel
Christine,Kuether
Zana Baxter
Ruby Erb
Edith Hines
Riverview
Guild
Meigs County Infirmary
Byron Bing
Florida
Donald Lowe
W. Main St
Paul Huber
Ohio State University
Louis Reibel
Lily’Coates
George Meinhart
Velma Carleton
Harry Smith
H. S. Slack
John Goetz
Parkersburgh
Grace Guild
Grace Episcopal
Phillip Globokar
Cleveland
Lena Huber
George Powell
Adam Ebbersbach
Dickie's
Middleport, Ohio
James Quillen
Syracuse—Tha
Wyoonda Pocahont
Zamne
Witel Spence
Zemois
Suicreas
Colegroves
Pennzip
Penn Zole
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